J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars, not if you care for such things.
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I'm a bit of a layman physics junkie. I don't really understand it, but I love trying to understand it.
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My mind is vacant on names, but I know him as well as anything. When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back.
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Part of America's greatness is its willingness to care for those who are truly in need. But those who defraud the system take money and resources away not only from American taxpayers but also from those who truly need help.
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I am here because I think it was a terrible sin of the west to allow those years of war.
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Although I'm not from London originally: I moved down here when I was 16, so it's played a part in my life. It's where I've lived for all that time.
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People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.
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Certain cricketers are meant to play Test cricket.
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I can never really enjoy being famous.
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I'm obsessed with those old romance films. I also would love to venture into the silent film world. I think that's extremely compelling and interesting and really relies on the acting, even more so than when you have an actor speaking.
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I've been in a gym probably nine days of my life.
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You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
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I am a ball player in the summer and a farmer in the winter time, and I aim to be a success at both professions.
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It is not that the French are not profound, but they all express themselves so well that we are led to take their geese for swans.
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Well, I think it can be quite helpful to be working on a character who actually existed, historically. Of course, you might have material to study and help you create the character.
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It is always challenging bowling abroad - you don't get much spin, bounce. You do get bounce, but you don't get sideways spin. It is always drifting kind of spin you get.
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I've been aware of the work I do as an actor being directorial in feel.
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The art of the critic in a nutshell: to coin slogans without betraying ideas. The slogans of an inadequate criticism peddle ideas to fashion.
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It's important to remember that innovators in business don't always get a platform.
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I definitely have a dark side of me that can be pretty vicious... as we all do.
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You get to a place where you do your job, and then you dust your hands off and say, 'Okay, my job is done. Now, it's in the stars. We'll see what happens.' There's nothing I can do to affect it.
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Living in the U.K., there is no way to know whether anyone in India likes my music, but I was surprised to see people singing along while I performed in Pune.
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I have acting technique; I have singing technique; I don't have a writing technique to fall back on.
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At that time you were insulted by law clerks, excluded from white bar associations and when I was in court, I was lucky to be called Ben, usually it was just ‘boy.’ But the judges were always fair. The discrimination of those days has changed and, today, the South is ahead of the North in many respects in civil rights progress.
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Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars, not if you care for such things.
